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Well I bought this truck when I was 18 for 700 bucks. It was blue, but looked about like this one.....



I left for the Army in 2004, so I left Ol' Blue in a buddies field with a blown motor, but sitting with about 6 inches of lift.... When I was retired out of the Army in Nov 2009, I borrowed a trailer and went out to get her. She was full of bees, and covered in blackberried and moss. I pulled the bed off and went to work.



I purchased a cross-over steering kit, 5.29 gears with a detroit in the front and a spool in the rear, a double transfercase adaptor, and 7" ez-ride skyjacker springs, 37/13 R15 boggers, and shocks......



I put an old bench seat in out of an 80 2wd parts truck that I have, fresh cover and it's actually quite comfy. Unfortunatly you can't see the 3rd shifter in the pic.



Yesterday, I put the newly bobbed bed back on, and the boggers.....



Now I'm in for a lot of sanding, but it will be done by the 6th of March....MUD FEST here I come.
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very nice drphat on here is building an 84/5 only ? why boggers or are you gonna cut them
very nice drphat on here is building an 84/5 only ? why boggers or are you gonna cut them
No cutting. I cut the set of 38.5 14.50 tsl's that I had, and the difference in the way they handled wasn't worth the work. I like the way the narrow boggers dig/clean-out without modding them.
I want a 22r!!!! Sweet truck
nice project !!
Well I got her Primed today.....







It's taller than I thought it would be....I'm 6'4


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I just understood your sn........... You should just leave that black primer
It's gonna be Kabota Orange, tomorrow. LOL about the name.
haha yeah...... mine is ****** in spanish

Are you spraying a different base coat.... how are you going to get it that bright over black primer?
Dude that is looking fricken sicken primered up now. That is an awesome project man. I want to have an old project like that one day. Looking good.
cool looking truck, did you get medically retired or what?
cool looking truck, did you get medically retired or what?
Yea, I got medically retired as of Nov. 1 2009.

It's now Orange, and done exept door pannels and mirrors.








I think it turned out bright enough, even with the black primer....
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Man.... you are making me miss my 79'.
Miss that little orange beast!

Great looking so far, keep the pics coming!
it is definitely bright enough... nice job. I wish I had somewhere to spray my truck.
Well, I'm taking it out for a test run today....Need to make sure that it isn't going to fall apart at the Fest.
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